So you've built your musical brand and you've got "a following." Are you ready to monetize this motherfucka? Well, profitable indie goddess (and quirky personal brand mistress) Amanda Palmer--aka, the no-browed Dresden Doll--just posted an informative post on her blog entitled, natch, "How to sell your shit, by Amanda fucking Palmer." The post is cool, but what's way cooler is a handy list of links by her assistant Kayla. It's all you need to run your own merch operation!:

Kayla's handy list includes all the resources for running your band business circa 2010.

This is Kayla's advice:

MUSIC (digital distribution)

• bandcamp (so awesome. one-stop shopping for physical product and digital music. all sorts of awesome bells and whistles, plus an amazing group of people working there. if you are a musician and you’re not on bandcamp, stop reading this and fix that now)

note - you don’t need to use more than one of those companies but you should do your research and find out which one is the best fit for you/your band:

• tunecore (a simple and affordable way to get yourself on itunes, amazonmp3, and tons of other places)

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